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Date publication
janvier 2009
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr BAGNARD Dominique
Tous les auteurs :
Gonthier B, Koncina E, Satkauskas S, Perraut M, Roussel G, Aunis D, Kapfhammer JP, Bagnard D
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Résumé
There is increasing evidence for a crucial role of proteases and metalloproteinases during axon growth and guidance. In this context, we recently described a functional link between the chemoattractive Sema3C and Matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3). Here, we provide data demonstrating the involvement of MMP-2 to trigger the growth-promoting effect of Sema3A in cortical dendrites. The in situ analysis of MMP-2 expression and activity is consistent with a functional growth assay demonstrating in vitro that the pharmacological inhibition of MMP-2 reduces the growth of cortical dendrites in response to Sema3A. Hence, our results suggest that the selective recruitment and activation of MMP-2 in response to Sema3A requires a PKC alpha dependent mechanism. Altogether, we provide a second set of data supporting MMPs as effectors of the growth-promoting effects of semaphorins, and we identify the potential signalling pathway involved.
Référence
PLoS One. 2009;4(4):e5099
